Photographer's Note

Third Mission of the meeting, find a decent Blue Hour shot, the very famous time of the day for photographers... But what a surprise to see that another kind of weird and funny specimen was also waiting for this magic moment.

The Jazz musician have their Blue Note, the photographers have their Blue Hour, but what about the painters?

Well as you can see, This guy's Blue Hour turned out to every colors, from Bleu to Orange and Red...

Thanks anyway to this artist to have colored my Blue Hour with so many tones.

This picture is dedicated to Marie (Marietom) because the colors of TE could not be the same without her fantastic gallery...

Hope you will enjoy!

The title could have been "Waiting for Carla" but it was too long a story to be explained ;-)

Not sure why there are an influx of Blue Hour photos from France today. There seem to be about twenty posted in a row!!! This one really caught my eye with the bright paintings in the bottom, and the ghostly painter. You controlled the exposure perfectly, excellent shot Christian.

Hi Christian, An out-standing result, the background architecture is stunning & beautiful, the foreground artwork leads the eye superbly in to the shot, the ghostly figure is masterful & wonderfully created & to finish, taken at my favorite time of day, the blue hour, kind regards Wilson.

Very interesting point of view you found here! And that was not easy with all those crazy photographers on the same square :-).
The third mission? I missed the second one. Oh, the rust? Yeah well, didn't take too many photographs there and I already did my upload today ;-). Nice. The vertical portrait layout works really well here!!

Hello my friend,
I was very busy at work the last few days catching up time i lost during last week short vacation. No time for anything, but hope to be more active in the days to come. Did not see all the previous work from the meeting, but will do some browsing through the gallery of the members who were in Lille. It was nice seeing you again with your lovely wife.
My work from this blue hour in Lille i did not even touched yet, to busy with sorting out the Mont Saint-Michel stuff which i start first uploading, so these from Lille will be posted much later.
Got a small present in the workshop, hope you like it ;-)
Take care, Henk

Christian,
this shot takes my breath away. The play of strong colors with most vivid contrast makes this a real eye grabber. The composition with the painting on the ground, the artist and seller in a blurred pattern giving us the impression of being quite busy and finally the clear architecture lines in the background makes this a perfect well worked out composition.
Peter

Bonjour Christian
Had been following with interest the pictures of the TE meet which you just had recently. This is beautiful, don't remember ever having seen this idea expressed in a picture. Thanks to your 30 sec. exposure, the artist appears as a 'hollow man', but what's more interesting is we see tow stances of him, standing & bending down, as if you captured the 30 sec. time in asingle frame (which you actually did). Add to that, the strong colors & vivid contrast & the excellent architecture seen in the BG. A fantastic picture in my humble opinion!
With Regards
Angshu

I find your ghost middle of the picture very nice.
Also the enlightenment of the buildings in background together with the paintings in foreground are a pleasant moment for look it.
You took this picture with thripod, very well done, one of the best on the meeting.

Christian,
Excellent night shot. I love the ghost image of the seller sitting down and standing up whichever comes first. excellent clarity for a night shot, almost like a day shot it so nice and sharp on the building and street. Great composition, you manage to squeezed all the important element in include the forground of the merchant and his very colorful display of his paintings to sell.
Thanks.
Way

Hello Christian,
Great night shot with the colourful foreground and the ghosty figures filling well the front of the image while on background we have the beautiful old buildings.
I like the vertical format you chose here enhancing the height of the tower and statue.
Cheers.
Paulo

As always, i am pleased with the quality and compo of your shots. The ghost effect on the painter really catches my attention, you have carefully metered the exposure here and i congratulate you with the timing of this shot. Excellent